Day: June 21, 2007

Following the epic, the third volume lays it out with KÃ¶hntarkÃ¶sz, the 1973 masterpiece which was a decisive turning point in the development of the Christian Vander odyssey. The DVD takes us up to 1979, with extracts from the album Attahk, given masterful interpretations here by a line-up comprised of the present-day core members of the group and the third star guest, BenoÃ®t Widemann, who, as always, plays his Mini-Moog brilliantly.

Magma has never stopped innovating, or opening new tracks. Magma still is Magma, powerful and deep-seated, lyrical and orchestral, unique!

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Fans of avant-garde jazz will be treated to a very special concert at Joeâ€™s Garage next Tuesday.

International jazz recording artists the ZMF Trio, featuring Jesse Zubot on violin from Vancouver, Jean Martin on drums from Toronto and New Yorkâ€™s Joe Fonda on bass, will play one night only.

Their music straddles the line somewhere between old-school free jazz, contemporary improvisation, the blues and standard composition.

Zubot is a founding member of renowned acoustic instrumentalists Zubot and Dawson, and The Great Uncles of the Revolution.

Both groups are Juno Award winners. Zubotâ€™s recent solo release, Dementia, was described by Paris Transatlantic magazine as â€œâ€¦ the kind of thing that could permanently alter your neurons.â€

Martinâ€™s unique drumming style has enabled him to work with great artists such as Mark Dresser, Don Byron and John Oswald. Fonda is an accomplished international jazz artist who has performed with his own ensembles and as a sideman with Archie Shepp, Kenny Barron and Leo Smith.

This not-to-be-missed concert begins at 9 p.m. June 26 at Joeâ€™s Garage, located at 115 Fifth St. in Courtenay.

Advance tickets are $15 available at Joeâ€™s, Tarbellâ€™s, Orbitz and Bop City Records. Contact Vig at 336-8166.

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Like many of his peers in the Chicago improvisation scene, Fred Lonberg-Holm can be heard regularly in a variety of settings. Whatâ€™s especially unique about his musical resume is that his axe of choice is the cello, an instrument that isnâ€™t exactly standard in jazz, free improv or any more conventional type of music, despite its sonic flexibilityâ€”especially when Lonberg-Holm is drawing the bow.